Posted on Dec 18, 2021
Russia envoy says Moscow might up the ante if the West ignores its demands
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Russia may take unspecified new measures to ensure its security if the U.S. and its allies continue to take provocative action and ignore Moscow's demand for guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine, a senior diplomat said Saturday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused Western allies of continuously pushing the envelope in relations with Russia, and warned that Moscow could also up the ante if the West doesn't treat its demands seriously.
Ryabkov's statement in an interview with the Interfax news agency came a day after Moscow submitted draft security documents demanding that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back the alliance's military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe — bold ultimatums that are almost certain to be rejected by the U.S. and its allies.
Russia may take unspecified new measures to ensure its security if the U.S. and its allies continue to take provocative action and ignore Moscow's demand for guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine, a senior diplomat said Saturday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused Western allies of continuously pushing the envelope in relations with Russia, and warned that Moscow could also up the ante if the West doesn't treat its demands seriously.
Ryabkov's statement in an interview with the Interfax news agency came a day after Moscow submitted draft security documents demanding that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back the alliance's military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe — bold ultimatums that are almost certain to be rejected by the U.S. and its allies.
Russia envoy says Moscow might up the ante if the West ignores its demands
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I must ask again my standard questions:
1. What should we do?
2. What CAN we do?
3. Will American public support any decision?
1. What should we do?
2. What CAN we do?
3. Will American public support any decision?
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MSG Stan Hutchison
My dad was in Trieste at the end of WWII. They were trying to stop further fighting between Italian and Yugoslav fighters. The troops there were happy that Patton got stopped. They were very, very tired of fighting and ready to go home.
(He got to come home 6 months after the end of the war.)
(He got to come home 6 months after the end of the war.)
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